Unit 9: Africa Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. A person who leaves their home country because it is not safe, often because of war or danger.
  2. 6. When ideas, foods, traditions, or beliefs spread from one group of people to another.
  3. 9. A group of boys from Sudan who were forced to leave their homes during a war and walked long distances to find safety.
  4. 11. Materials from nature that people use, like water, trees, oil, or minerals.
  5. 13. A change people, animals, or plants make to survive better in their environment.
  6. 14. A time when millions of Africans were forced onto ships and taken across the Atlantic Ocean to be enslaved in the Americas.
  7. 17. An economy where many people are poor and the country does not have many factories, jobs, or resources to make money.
  8. 18. When a powerful country takes control of another country’s land or government
  9. 19. A system where people make goods the same way their families have for generations, often by farming, fishing, or hunting.
  10. 20. The number of people living in a place
Down
  1. 1. A long period when many people do not have enough food and may starve.
  2. 2. A system of laws in South Africa that separated people by race and treated Black people unfairly
  3. 3. Treating a person or group badly or unfairly because of their beliefs, race, or identity.
  4. 5. When European countries moved to other parts of the world, took control of the land, and settled there
  5. 7. A leader from South Africa who fought against apartheid and later became the country’s first Black president.
  6. 8. Businesses and factories that make goods or provide services.
  7. 10. Money that someone owes to another person, bank, or country.
  8. 12. An area in the countryside with farms, small towns, and fewer people.
  9. 15. The planned killing of a large group of people because of their race, religion, or culture
  10. 16. An area with a lot of people, buildings, and businesses, like a city.